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Sustainability report: Old proves new for Vancouver architect striving to design buildings for optium sustainability

Sustainability report: Old proves new for Vancouver architect striving to design buildings for optium sustainability

Classic Pacific Northwest longhouse design and other First Nations technology provide solutions for West Coast green challenges
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Sustainability report: Cashing in on construction in reverse

Sustainability report: Cashing in on construction in reverse

Deconstructing a building piecemeal makes it easier for companies to reuse and recycle construction materials
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Great Bear Rainforest group moves ahead with controversial carbon offset plan

Great Bear Rainforest group moves ahead with controversial carbon offset plan

A First Nations group is moving ahead with its plan to create and market carbon offsets tied to the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement.
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Controversial recycling scheme collects support from cities, business still skeptical

Controversial recycling scheme collects support from cities, business still skeptical

A new provincial recycling program that sparked outcry from both cities and small businesses two months ago has now earned the support of many municipalities and become slightly more palatable to businesses.
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BC Supreme Court lawsuit targets water use by resource extraction industry in the province

BC Supreme Court lawsuit targets water use by resource extraction industry in the province

Ecojustice Canada claims B.C.'s oil and gas commission is a serial Water Act violator
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Metro Vancouver reveals four potential incinerator sites

Metro Vancouver reveals four potential incinerator sites

Metro Vancouver revealed four potential sites for new waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities at a Zero Waste Committee meeting November 21.
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Vancouver wins international green building awards

Vancouver wins international green building awards

Vancouver has won a global award from the World Green Building Council for the city’s policies that promote green building initiatives.
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Pacific Carbon Trust to be shut down

Pacific Carbon Trust to be shut down

The British Columbia government's controversial carbon offsetter, the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), is being shut down as part of the government's core review.
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Surrey's energy initiatives net city a national award

Surrey's energy initiatives net city a national award

Proposed $68 million biofuel facility will use kitchen and yard waste to produce methane to drive the municipality's truck fleet
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Environment minister attending UN climate change conference

Environment minister attending UN climate change conference

Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq is in Warsaw, Poland, to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), being held November 18-22.
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